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Corchorus olitorius
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Corchorus olitorius L., Sp. Pl. 529. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 397. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 122(87). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 96. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 84. 1989; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 487. 1993; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 98. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 481. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 143. 2009.
Corchorus decemangularis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 582. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tossa Jute, Jew's mallow, Nalta Jute
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Description:
Annual or biennial herb, erect, stout, branched, to 1.5 m high; rootstock woody. Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse at base, serrate at margin with basal most serrations extending into filiform processes, acute at apex, glabrous except sparsely hairy nerves, 3-5 nerved; petioles 2-3 cm long, pubescent; stipules subulate, 8-12 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in 1 or 2 flowered leaf opposed cymes, 12-15 mm across, subsessile; bracts subulate, 4-5 mm long. Sepals linear-oblong, apiculate, 5-7 mm long. Petals oblong-spatulate, obtuse, 5-7 mm long. Stamens numerous, somewhat connate at base. Ovary cylindric, sparsely hairy, 5-loculed; style short; stigma 5-lobed, minutely papillate. Capsules solitary or paired, subcylindric, 2-7 cm long, 10-ribbed, glabrous, 5-loculed; locules septate between seeds; beak entire, 4-8 mm long; seeds 3-gonous, ca 2 x 1.5 mm, inconspicuously verrucose, black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
In forest plantations and plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Adoor, Kanjikuzhi
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